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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Hi. I've just finished summarizing and cleaning up the transcript of yesterday's very interesting discussion about OpenSim, open source software being developed to enable creation of 3D virtual worlds. The discussion took place on the Digital Library Federation's (DLF) Second Life island, Entropia, and was led by Noah Wittman, UC Berkeley. Among the audience members were two people from Linden Labs, the group that runs Second Life: Pathfinder Linden and Tess Linden.

You are welcome to read and comment on the summary and transcript, posted on the DLF wiki:

1. Log on to the DLF wiki http://dlf-sl.pbwiki.com using the key: Entrop1a 2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Show All Pages,” the 2d link in the “Wiki Information” column 3. Click on the link for “Transcript: OpenSim Discussion – 21 Jan 2009” 4. If the page is blank, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Enable Scripts” in the “Page Information” column

Noah Wittman, UC Berkeley, co-founder and Program Manager of Open Knowledge and the Public Interest (OKAPI), has worked on Okapi island, a Second Life reproduction of a Turkish archaeological site. Noah will lead off by briefly outlining his interest in these topics.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Just received from Dave Shepard, UCLA grad student in digital humanities...

The Digital Humanities Manifesto that we have been discussing in the Mellon Seminar has now been published on our WordPress blog at http://dev.cdh.ucla.edu/digitalhumanities/2008/12/15/digital-humanities-manifesto/, and is now open and ready for comments. This software allows you to comment on each paragraph in the manifesto, so you will be able to focus your comments on the appropriate section--for example, to add new departments to the new departments for the Humanities Division section. To join the blog, click on one of the links in the "comments overview" window in the middle of the screen, and then click on "Create an Account."

We look forward to your comments and suggestions on all aspects of the manifesto. This is intended to be, as Todd and Jeffrey have said, a collaboratively-authored document, so our joint authorship is an integral part of the process.

The visitors' information kiosk is off of the Bellflower entrance to campus. You can park in lots 5, 6or 7. Lot 6 is the closest to the library, but the other two aren't far at all. I believe parking costs $4.00.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Just posted to the CARL (California Academic and Research Libraries) List...

Dear DIAL Members and Friends:

The next DIAL-SOUTH meeting is Friday February 6th 2009 11am-1pm at the University of California Santa Barbara Davidson Library Mary Cheadle Room 3rd floor.The agenda will be sent during the following weeks. For those interested, we will have a library tour after the meeting.

Information about location and parking is included below.

Chimene Tucker

Elnora Tayag

Co-Chairs

Diversity in Academic Libraries Interest group: DIAL-South

California Research and Academic Libraries

http://carl-acrl.org/ig/dials/

Please see maps for parking lot and library location. at http://www.admissions.ucsb.edu/mapsanddirections.asp?section=visitucsb

**_DRIVING DIRECTIONS:_**////Take the 101 Freeway North to Airport/UCSB exit Highway 217 (approximately eight miles north of Santa Barbara to the campus East Gate) Turn right onto Mesa Road.Turn left onto Ocean Road follow signs to Parking lot 27

**_PARKING INFORMATION:_**Parking is $8 all day cash, Debit or Credit Cards

Friday, January 2, 2009

Reminder! The next Mellon Seminar will be held at UCLA in person and also simulcast into Second Life on Entropia, the Digital Library Federation's SL island. You must have an SL account to participate on Entropia. Basic SL accounts are free: www.secondlife.com/ Please email Esther Grassian if you would like to attend via SL, so that you can receive a document with the slurl (Second Life url), as well as instructions for viewing the live video feed and adjusting the audio in SL. See below for more information.

Happy New Year! I wanted to remind you that our first Mellon seminar in Digital Humanities for 2009 will be this coming Monday, January 5th, with Professor Johanna Drucker. The seminar meets from 2-5 PM in 5628 Math and Sciences, the Visualization Portal. To find the portal, enter the Math and Sciences Building from the east side (which puts you on the fifth floor) and follow the signs. The monthly seminars are open to graduate students, faculty, and the general public. Participants outside of UCLA can also join us at Entropia in Second Life.